US 88 billion Dollars. That is the figure that investigators in charge of prosecuting Dr. Asim Hussain, former chairman of HEC and owner of Ziauddin Hospital in Karachi, are accusing him of possessing.

To the average layman, such astronomical figures that are being quoted as the wealth that Dr. Asim Hussain possesses would very much end up placing him at the top of the Forbes list of the wealthiest individuals on the planet.

That would make Dr. Hussain even richer than Bill Gates or other high net worth billionaires.

Victim of Political Victimization or Guilty?

In the light of the release of the Panama Papers, the common man is fed up of how public representatives lie to them about their assets, which allegedly have been acquired through legal means according to the people with off-shore accounts.

In days like these,the investigators in charge of prosecuting Dr. Hussain on charges of terror financing, money laundering and more, have their work cut out for them. But seeing as how the public has responded to Panama leaks, the possibility exists that the amount quoted in the report prepared for trying Dr. Asim in the courts seems inflated allegedly.

The wealth that the former chairman of HEC possesses is yet to be proven in court, and it may seem that the investigators want to sway public opinion in their favor by quoting such high figures.

His case has drawn parallels with that of former OGRA charman Tauqir Sadiq who also had to face similar charges and was subjected to a media trial. In the end, nothing was proven against Mr. Sadiq for his involvement in looting the national exchequer.

Officials in charge of prosecuting Dr. Asim also revealed figures of Rs. 500 billion incurred by the doctor in acts of corruption allegedly. This figure amounts to 1/8th of the budget unveiled by Pakistan in the last fiscal year. As a close aide of former President Asif Zardari, Dr Asim also faces these charges. These figures also need to be investigated and backed up by proof in a court of law.

The question is, does this case have enough evidence to back up the claims made by the investigators? Or is it a matter of swaying public emotions to money allegedly siphoned off by Dr. Asim Hussain on one pretext or another? After all, even Bill Gates doesn’t have $88 billion in assets, unless everybody used original and licensed versions of Windows and Office.

Yes, I also agree. Old website theme was better in term of viewing topics.

gem

yes please revert back to old theme

bir

Please tell the designers that we come here for consuming information, not eye candy. In this age of information overload, we deserve a blog where we can decide what to read after merely a glance. We try to get max info but need to have to spend least time.

Muhammad Abrar Ali

yes its sucking mannnnn I hate this template old one was easy and simple and beautiful tooo

Qmr

Yes old one Was at glance

Salman

Yeah am a daily visitor of your website but with the new theme i cannot even see where the new articles are can just see 3-4 days old articles, very confusing. Old theme was best.

This layout is not bad, but things needs to be fixed, such as new stories not showing up and its hard to navigate posts

Ali Ahmad khan

Most people like simple stuff and this new design is complicated so it is very hard to find new stories. I normally use to visit once in a day to see if anything new is posted and use to read what i thought was intersting but in this new design everything looks so complicated and and you have yo search for new stuff. I would be better to sort post according to different categories and give user the option to read the relavant posts. Just try to keep is simple.That is what all the bigger websites do.They keep it simple.

Bilal Iqbal

What is the total wealth of the family having 34 off shore companies according to Panama leaks..

@admin: If you don’t buy/use licensed version of Windows and Office that doesn’t mean whole world also don’t. Microsoft also have other products to sell.

Arsalan Shah

The admin never said he doesn’t buy licensed version of windows, if something, I can be sure that ProPakistani uses such windows in servers and their official website equipment due to several reasons, specially security and them being professional bloggers.

The admin merely quoted a figure, and if you know, people in China use 80%+ pirated windows. Even brand new laptops and desktops are sold with counterfeit software. It’s not just Pakistan and Pakistanis who use such software, and the admin hasn’t even used the word ”whole world” or all Pakistan for that matter.

aamir7

As a matter of fact, I have licensed windows. I use LibreOffice (which is free) instead of MS Office :-)

aamir7

As a matter of fact, I have licensed windows. I use LibreOffice (which is free) instead of MS Office :-)

Bill

Well, sigh!

jawad

The prosecutors must have said 88 billion rupees. It can never be in dollars.

Ishtiaq

He has at least 3 times more wealth then the mentioned $88 billion.

Taha Najam

Yeah, no.

Mr U Asar

There are other products that actually makes Microsoft money, being Azure platform, servers (around 20ish products), CAL’s, Hardware (Game Consoles and peripherals), Windows is likely to get free in future anyway (Ad supported) and when it comes to use of Pirated products, do you really think Microsoft isn’t aware of the situation? Even Adobe does, for they still dont put the hammer down as if they do, people will start using alternative products, so effecting their market share. No company wants that in competitive world today.